9. "'If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.' I do not have an author to credit this saying to but the person who wrote this has influenced my life in many wonderful ways."

10. "I was promised a raise at my job if certain things happened. They happened, the raise didn't. I walked out and I wasn't sure if I was going back. A friend said to me, 'Don't let their lack of integrity choose the timing for you to leave. Choose your time, make your plan.' I went back, put my plan in place. A few months later when the time was right, I left and started my own firm. It was just the advice I needed at the time. I have been successfully self-employed ever since."

11. "'Don't live on all of your salary, put a set amount aside automatically every month so you build up savings and know you can live on less. This will give you freedom to pursue what you want.' A partner at a very prestigious corporate law firm told me that when I was a summer associate. I took it to heart and that philosophy is what allowed me to finally leave big law and work in higher education, despite the drastic pay cut. I'm now happy and very fulfilled - and I still live on less than what I bring home!"

13. "Carefully phrased questions can help move a discussion along and resolve a conflict better than the best-made point. . . This has helped me immensely in developing relationships with difficult executives who were not interested in hearing my (or anyone else's) opinion."